Half a month has passed in the bitter cold and endless battles.

The Golden Army has been besieging the city for more than two months. During this time, they built layers of arrow towers and cave towers on the periphery of Taiyuan, a small earthen city that was not grandiose, and imitated the practice of Taiyuan, using ice earthen walls to connect these military facilities. From a bird's-eye view from the sky, these facilities built by the Jin soldiers are like a larger city, encircling Taiyuan inside the core.

Wanyan Zonghan was determined to take the pivotal fortress of Taiyuan, so he did not hesitate to fight for his family and prepare for a long-term battle, so he implemented the "city lock strategy" proposed by the mastermind Shi Liai, surrounded Taiyuan and put on a posture of catching turtles in an urn and aiming to win.

At the same time, in order to prevent the Southern Dynasty from having soldiers and horses to rescue Taiyuan, Wanyan Zonghan sent his generals to lead elite mobile cavalry to dig three feet into the ground and sweep the counties of Xidu Valley, Qi County, Taigu and Yu County on the periphery of Taiyuan. As long as the living people are not spared, all men are killed, women are pulled into the army as military prostitutes, the elderly and children are difficult to survive and most of them are killed, some cruel and barbaric Jurchens because of the lack of meat, they actually kill the meat of their young sons and cook it as "Tong Roast", and praise Tong Roast how delicious it is by word of mouth.

Although Taiyuan Prefecture has long implemented the "strong wall clearing" in the surrounding Zhou County, there are always some people in the Biyuan Mountain Village who have not had time to evacuate or are unwilling to flee their homes and stay behind. As a result, none of them escaped the clutches of the Jin people's sweep. On the periphery of Taiyuan City, a "no man's land" with a width of 100 miles was cleared. Many villages and towns were burned to ashes, and then the Jin people built military facilities at important checkpoints to prevent soldiers and horses from the periphery coming to rescue Taiyuan. In the east of the entire river and west of Taihang, they set up a large array of iron buckets!

During this period, there were only sporadic Taihang rebels fighting with the Jurchens. Because Wanyan Zonghan sent the general Gu Shen to implement the strategy of blocking, cutting and breaking the rebel army of Taihang Zhuzhai, it was difficult for the rebels of Taihang Jiushan to connect with each other and could only fight separately, and most of them had been cut into small units and scattered in the Taihang Mountains where the heavy snow closed the mountain, and at most they could only engage in "guerrilla warfare", which was difficult to pose a substantial threat to the Jin soldiers.

The powerful Qixing Mountain was "specially cared for" by Wanyan Zonghan and suffered extremely tough bullets and blows. Wanyan Zonghan in the spirit of "capturing the thief and capturing the king, and the snake beating the seven inches", launched five heavy encirclement and suppression of Qixing Mountain at any cost. Several bloody battles had their own victories and defeats, and the losses of the Jin soldiers were even more. But after all, Qixing Mountain couldn't finish Yan Zonghan's family, so he lost Yan Zòng's vitality and was greatly damaged, and he was no longer able to confront Ceres, so he only had the strength to stick to the cottage.

At this time, Wanyan Zonghan's Wolf Tooth Fine Zuo sent to the Central Plains had also reported the news and learned that Wanyan Zongwang's troops had reached the city of Tokyo and made a treaty with the Southern Dynasty to cede Taiyuan.

The development of the situation seems to have completely fallen into the expectation of the mastermind Shi Liai, and Wanyan Zonghan was overjoyed and rewarded Shi Liai. At this time, within a radius of hundreds of miles east of the river, it had completely fallen into the control of Wanyan Zonghan. The small city of Taiyuan seems to be in his pocket.

The scene in front of him is exactly what Shi Liai said about "seeking peace with war and seeking war with diplomacy". Now everything is ready, only the east wind is owed - just wait for the envoy of the Southern Dynasty to read the holy decree of the emperor of the Southern Dynasty after arriving, Taiyuan City and the entire territory of the Great Song Dynasty in Hedong will all fall into the hands of Wanyan Zonghan logically.

Since Wanyan Zonghan had already fully grasped the occupation of all areas in Hedong except Taiyuan, as soon as Taiyuan arrived, the west road corridor leading from the Jin Kingdom to the Central Plains would be completely opened. In addition, it will also become the bridgehead and the best military springboard and base for the Jin State to face the Great Song Dynasty, leaving a military buffer zone of hundreds of miles behind it.

The current situation also shows that Wanyan Zonghan is a military planner and a country. His vision is very long-term, and his intentions are not as simple as winning a Taiyuan Tucheng!

At this moment, the more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan City are like being locked in prison, with no way to enter the heavens and no doors. Cold, hunger, death, and war consume the lives and wills of all those in the city. After more than a month of stalemate in defending the city, there have been nearly 10,000 casualties in the city, and many more have been wounded. In addition, the lack of medical care led to the deterioration of injuries, the epidemic of diseases, and various vicious crimes caused by panic, which led to many non-combat attrition.

The situation is getting worse day by day.

Chu Tianya was in charge of the treasury and grain and grass, and knew better than others how critical Taiyuan was now. At the beginning of the siege, the battle had not yet begun, and at that time, according to statistics, this grain and grass was about enough for everyone in the city to eat for three months, but in fact, due to various natural wear and tear and man-made waste, it could not last so long. The number of available defense equipment has been sharply reduced, and these things have long been deactivated because of the consumption of fire oil, and they are directly used as cannon stones to smash people. As a last resort, Chu Tianya had to order the demolition of some uninhabited houses and use them as timber and cannon stones to defend the city.

In addition to these grains, grasses and military supplies, all kinds of other living resources have become extremely scarce, and there are many people who kill people and sell goods in order to compete for a bag of salt or medicinal herbs.

At this time, Chu Tianya felt more and more that Uncle He, the old man, was so wise!

The jerky, salt, and grain he had hidden in the cellar were now more precious than anything else. Chu Tianya, Xiao Linglong, and Ada Anu often ran around the city to participate in battles, and ate the most inferior diet in the army. But every two or three days when they went back, Uncle Ho would be able to take out some jerky and fruit to make a tooth sacrifice for them.

At this time, Chu Tianya felt like he had arrived in heaven, and he never knew that just the dried meat cooked in salted water and those fruits that were not too fresh could actually taste so good. However, at such times, they have to close the door frame like a thief to prevent "aroma leakage", otherwise it may cause trouble.

At noon on this day, Chu Tianya and Xiao Linglong took a team of military patrols and went to the north gate to inspect as usual. There was no war today, and the two of them were a little relaxed.

As soon as he had dismounted and had gone up to the head of the city, he saw a large crowd gathered at the gate of the castle, where there was a great deal of gossip, and there were people roaring and roaring in righteous indignation. The prefect Zhang Xiaochun was also there, whispering with several officials under him, shaking his head and sighing from time to time.

Chu Tianya hurriedly walked over, "Governor Zhang, what's going on?" ”

Zhang Xiaochun sighed and pointed to the door, "Go in and go to your teacher!" ”

Chu Tianya picked up the crowd of people blocking the door and walked to the gate of the castle, and saw that there were only two people in the fort except for the sergeant guarding the door, Wang Yu stood by the window with his back to the door, and there was an official wearing a red-robed official robe and a right-angled shirt beside him. The two stood side by side as if they were chatting about something, and Wang Yu's love seemed to be a little excited.

Chu Tianya glanced at the official, very angry. Who in Taiyuan City can wear such a clean and glamorous official robe now, even the prefect Zhang Xiaochun is often dressed in civilian clothes.

This person had apparently come in from outside the city.

The guards at the city gate recognized Chu Tianya, but they refused to let him in, saying that the king had an order, and no one was allowed to summon or enter.

Chu Tianya shouted, "Teacher, the student asks to see!" ”

Because there was no gate in the castlehead, Wang Yu and the official both turned around and looked at it, and Wang Yu said, "Let him in!" ”

Chu Tianya walked in, and first glanced at the official, who was in his forties and thin, with a public face, but his eyes were typical of the deep color of the city government.

"This is the one sent by the imperial court to announce the decree to the middle of the road, Yundi, and the road." Wang Yu introduced Chu Tianya expressionlessly, there was still residual anger and obvious disdain on his face, and he said, "This is the old man's student, Taiyuan Chu Tianya." ”

Chu Tianya greeted Lu Yundi with each other, but his mind completely fell on the word "holy decree" that Wang Yu just said!

"Teacher, I have been waiting for Taiyuan to finally look forward to the will of the imperial court. I don't know when the imperial court will come to the rescue, or when will the Jin country withdraw its troops? In front of Lu Yundi, Chu Tianya deliberately said something with a happy face.

Lu Yundi's face really became ugly, and he coughed dryly, "Mojin Xiaosheng, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand!" National events, when will it be your turn to interject? ”

Chu Tianya turned his face and was about to reprimand him back on the spot, so as to spread the matter so that the soldiers and civilians in the city would know.

But before he could attack, Wang Yu first shouted angrily: "You don't give face to the old man too much, and you come to reprimand my students in front of the old man!" - Moreover, he is not only a student of the old man, but also a commander and an envoy, and a wise man and military advisor of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians who are stuck in Taiyuan! ”

Lu Yundi's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly bent down and made amends to Chu Tianya.

Chu Tianya saw a tightly sealed sandalwood box beside him, and he was about to get it.

"Don't move, that's the Holy Decree!" Lu Yundi hurriedly stopped him.

"Isn't the Divine Decree just for people to see?" Boss Chu Tianya impatiently blocked his hand, took the long box in his hand, and opened the lid of the box to take out the holy decree of the apricot yellow silk brocade sealed inside.

"You! …… Great rebellion! Can you touch the holy decree? Lu Yundi shouted anxiously.

"Shut up! Since it is a holy decree issued by the imperial court to Taiyuan, how can I not touch it? If you dare to shout again, I will slash you with one sword! Chu Tianya turned his face and roared a few times on the spot. Lu Yundi was stunned by the yelling, his eyes widened, his lips closed one by one, and he couldn't say a word.

Wang Yu laughed on the side, "The road is a matter, the old man, this student is already young and vigorous, and he has a bad temper, and he has recently done a lot of murderous deeds to raise a body of gangsters and murderous spirits, if you offend you, please wait a lot." ”

Lu Yundi shivered all over his body, and almost reached out to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and hurriedly squeezed out an ugly smile to round himself, "It's easy to say, it's easy to say." ”

At this time, Chu Tianya had already unfolded the holy decree and read it from beginning to end, and his expression changed greatly on the spot, and he yelled at the group of soldiers watching at the door, "Brothers, the court doesn't want us anymore!" The imperial court ceded Taiyuan to the golden dog! ”

"Fuck it, that's the case!"

"Kill that dog officer!"

"I'd rather die than surrender, fight with the golden dog!"

……

The city suddenly exploded!

Although everyone had expected this before, or vaguely heard some rumors, it was not confirmed after all. Now it's okay, Chu Tianya read the holy decree in public and made the content public, which immediately aroused the excitement of the crowd!!

This news immediately spread like a plague throughout the city, causing countless indignations. All the people present did not fight with the Jin people. From the initial "Tong Guan was killed", the hatred for the Jin people has been deeply rooted in their hearts. In their opinion, the Song people and the Jin people have sworn to each other; Coupled with the experience of these days and the continuous training of Wang Yu, Chu Tianya and others, the anti-gold heart of these soldiers is stronger than gold and iron!

For more than two months, these soldiers have been desperately guarding the city, hoping for the king's help to come, but they have received such a reward - they were abandoned by the imperial court and betrayed by the officials!

The strong contrast between reality and ideals finally ignited the anger that had been suppressed in the hearts of the soldiers for a long time. There was a mutiny on the spot above the city, and a group of sergeants were about to rush to the cityhead to slaughter Lu Yundi! - They are already simple-minded, so they can only think of this simplest and most direct way to vent the anger in their hearts now!

Lu Yundi was so frightened on the spot that he almost knelt down to save Wang Yu, "Wang Dutong, he is also ordered to run errands, you have to call the shots for me!" ”

"Humph!" Wang Yu sneered, "Lu Zhishi, now you know what kind of attitude our military and civilians in Taiyuan have, right?" ”

"Know, know!" Lu Yundi raised his official sleeve and kept wiping his sweat, his eyes glanced at the door from time to time, and saw that a group of people there were desperately rushing into the house, and the guards at the door couldn't stop it.

"It's not that Wang is disloyal to the monarch and patriotic, but that the will of the people is difficult to disobey. Wang can't accept this holy decree. Wang Yu squinted at Lu Yundi and said, "I also ask Lu to tell the truth about the official family in Taiyuan after returning to the court, and persuade his colleagues in the court and China, and ask them to advise the official family to resist Jin." Wang is just a martial artist who can't come to the world's major events, Wang only knows that if Taiyuan loses Hedong and is not guaranteed, the Jin soldiers will go south to directly attack Guanzhong and Tokyo. There are also the three towns of Hebei, which is the only barrier that my Great Song Dynasty can resist foreign enemies, and they must not be lost! Otherwise...... That's it, the old man won't talk about it! These superficial truths, Lu Zhishi must understand things better than the old man! ”

"Okay, good, the humble post must truthfully report this matter to the court!" Lu Yundi was already so frightened that he hid behind Wang Yu, trembling and pointing at Chu Tianya, who was reading the holy decree loudly at the door, and said in a trembling voice, "Wang Dutong, your student is so strong, tell him to stop inciting the sergeant, otherwise it is inevitable that he will die today, who can pass the word to Wang Dutong and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Taiyuan?" ”

Wang Yu sneered again, "You don't have to be afraid." My student was strong, but he had always known the general idea. The old man guarantees that you will not have to worry about your life. ”

"That's good, that's good......" On a cold day, Lu Yundi was sweating. At this time, I was shivering all over my body.

At this time, Chu Tianya held the holy decree in his hand and raised it high, and loudly announced there, "Brothers, we are now our fathers and mothers, and we can only rely on ourselves to save ourselves!" The imperial court ceded Taiyuan, neither pity the ancestral foundation nor the life or death of the people, and even more abandoned us soldiers who were born and died to protect the country and the people! - Now none of us can count on it, we can only hold the heart of death, fight with the Jin people to the end, and would rather die than be a slave to the country! ”

"Commander Chu said it well! Brothers, I'd rather die than be a slave to the country! Fight the golden people to the end! ”

"I'd rather die than be a slave to the country!"

"Fight to the end!!"

The crowd is passionate and the roar is earth-shattering!

Not far away, Xiao Linglong, who was wearing a rose armor and a yaksha mask, leaned on the city wall with her crossed hands and posed in a lazy and leisurely posture, with her face sideways, quietly watching the scene in front of her through the eyes of the mask.

More and more sergeants poured into the city and joined the "demonstrative" crowd. Gradually, the news spread, and Taiyuan City, which was like a dead domain before, boiled and exploded in an instant, and the city was full of people running, and a roar of "bloody battle to the end" broke through the sky!

Seeing this scene, Lu Yundi was already stunned and bloodless!

"You have also seen the road to things, this is what people's hearts want." Wang Yu said indifferently, "Although the holy decree is like a mountain and has to be obeyed, the military spirit cannot be lost, and the will of the people is greater than the sky, and Wang can only do what he wants." ”

"If you know about it, you will definitely report the scene here to the court truthfully!" Lu Yundi wiped the cold sweat on his forehead again and again, timidly glanced at Chu Tianya at the door, and whispered, "Wang Dutong, your student is really unseemly!" Unexpectedly, the mouth was like a river that instantly instigated people's hearts, causing such a momentum! ”

"Only when the hearts of the people are wanted, can they gather with a wave of their arms!" Wang Yu snorted, "You are a learned person, how can you not know such a truth?" ”

"Know, know...... Wang Dutong, the affairs here are already known, and the official business is over, why don't you please let me out of the city? Lu Yundi was almost begging.

"Okay, Wang still uses the hanging basket to put you down." Wang Yu said, "After you go down to the city, you will first pass the word to Wanyan Zonghan to know, let him die the heart of surrendering to Taiyuan." As long as there is still someone in Taiyuan, he will not want to step into the city in a grand manner! ”

"Okay, the humble post must be brought to the royal capital, so I bother you to send me down to the city quickly!"

Wang Yu glanced at Lu Yundi and walked behind Chu Tianya, "Tianya, you stop for a moment—brothers, don't make trouble." Lu Zhishi is just acting on orders to proclaim the decree, not doing anything else, and letting him go down to the city! ”

Since Wang Yu said so, all the soldiers naturally did not want to embarrass Lu Yundi anymore. It's just that these people still held the sword in their hands and stared at him fiercely, and their eyes almost killed Lu Yundi instantly.

Wang Yu had no choice but to personally escort Lu Yundi out of the city fort, and sent someone to prepare a big hanging basket to hang him down the city.

At this time, Chu Tianya walked to Lu Yundi's side and said in a low voice: "Lu Zhishi, I will ask you to pass on a message to Wan Yan Zonghan, if you have a kind, you will give it to Wan Yan Zonghan according to my original words-'Bird family slave, listen, if you are still a man, you will come and snatch away the Flying Fox County Lord with a knife and a gun!" Otherwise, he will always be my Chu Tianya's woman! ’”

"Bird Family Slave" is the nickname that Wanyan Zonghan had when he was a child!

Lu Yundi suddenly stiffened as if petrified, and nodded mechanically, "Okay, okay." ”

Chu Tianya smiled slightly, "Okay, it's okay, please go on the road." ”

Xiao Linglong, who was not far away, was still quietly looking at Chu Tianya's side through the two holes in the mask, but she said a sentence inadvertently-

"When am I your woman? You're as shameless as a bird slave! ”